Variant spelling of Ivy, from the English word for the climbing evergreen plant symbolizing fidelity.
Ivie is a variant spelling of Ivy, a name drawn from the Old English "ifig" — the climbing, clinging plant known botanically as Hedera helix. The ivy plant has accumulated symbolic meaning across millennia: in ancient Greece it was sacred to Dionysus, god of wine and festivity, and wreaths of ivy crowned poets and athletes. In medieval Christian symbolism ivy represented eternal life and fidelity, its evergreen persistence through winter reading as a promise of devotion.
The Victorians, who were enthusiastic namers of botanical things, helped shepherd Ivy into fashion as a given name in the late 19th century alongside Rose, Violet, and Lily. The variant spelling Ivie softens the name visually, the -ie ending lending a warmth and informality that the sharper -y does not quite convey — a small typographic intimacy. Ivy's cultural resonance received a significant modern charge when Beyoncé and Jay-Z named their daughter Blue Ivy Carter in 2012, catapulting the name back into the top tier of American baby names and giving it an association with creativity, power, and cultural capital.
The -ie spelling allows parents to honor that renewed enthusiasm while adding a vintage flourish — Ivie evokes an antique sampler, a great-grandmother's Bible, a name that has been somewhere and seen something. It sits comfortably in the company of other -ie revival names like Rosie, Elsie, and Nellie.